Bridging the atomic divide : debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Harry Wray and Seishiro Sugihara ; translated by Norman Hu.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages)Content type:- text
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- Debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka. English
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Historiography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
- Japan -- Military policy -- Decision making
- United States -- Military policy -- Decision making
- Capitulations, Military -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
- Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Hiroshima (Japon) -- Histoire -- 1945 (Bombardement)
- Nagasaki (Japon) -- Histoire -- 1945 (Bombardement)
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Japon -- Historiographie
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Histoire diplomatique
- Japon -- Relations extérieures -- États-Unis
- Capitulation militaire -- Japon -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Guerre nucléaire -- Aspect moral
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- Military campaigns
- Historiography
- Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Capitulations, Military
- Diplomatic history
- Diplomatic relations
- Military policy -- Decision making
- Japan
- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi
- United States
- World War (1939-1945)
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Hiroshima-shi, Japan : 1945)
- Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Nagasaki-shi, Japan : 1945)
- 1900-1999
- 940.54/2521954 23
- D767.25.H6 W7313 2019
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"Originally published in Japanese as Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka: genbaku toka wo meguru Nichi-Bei no hajimete no taiwa by Nisshin Hodo"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descent into inhumanity -- The unconditional surrender formula and limited alternatives to atomic bombs : pros and cons -- The Potsdam Declaration: a missed opportunity by Japan to avoid atomic bombings and a Soviet entry -- That "final decisive battle" -- The role of decrypted messages -- Japan's decision to wage a final decisive battle produced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first of the "triple shocks" -- Two shocks in one day -- Militants' intransigent response: extinction before surrender -- Contentious issues surrounding the atomic bombings, the mistaken "atomic diplomacy" thesis, and its impact on Japanese textbooks -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Supplemental commentary -- diplomacy at start and end of Japan-US war, and subsequent problems -- Appendix B: regarding Wray's examination of the Pearl Harbor issue -- Appendix C: The historical significance of President Obama's visit to Hiroshima -- Afterword.
"In this study, two scholars examine historical perceptions of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Structured as a balanced dialogue, the authors analyze how the attacks are remembered by Japanese and others as well as the various debates surrounding the bombings."--Provided by publisher.
Translated from the Japanese.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2019).
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